as in janitor
a person who tends a door
the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages
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Recent Examples of doorkeeper
His duties were basic: sacristan, director of altar boys, doorkeeper.
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Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Who better to help usher us through this liminal time than an ancient doorkeeper?
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The store has a limit of 81 customers at a time, an employee working as a doorkeeper said.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The team also took a closer look at Harwa, a mummified individual who lived around 3,000 years ago and was a granary’s doorkeeper.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
The more that is written about Kafka, the more that his images are scrutinized—the cages and buckets and horses, the emperors and doorkeepers—the further that access recedes.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Who better to help usher us through this liminal time than an ancient doorkeeper?
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The store has a limit of 81 customers at a time, an employee working as a doorkeeper said.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The team also took a closer look at Harwa, a mummified individual who lived around 3,000 years ago and was a granary’s doorkeeper.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
The more that is written about Kafka, the more that his images are scrutinized—the cages and buckets and horses, the emperors and doorkeepers—the further that access recedes.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorkeeper
Noun
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Or the bus driver, the janitor, the special-education teacher, working overtime to support their families?—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Its member organizations include SEIU Healthcare and Locals 1 and 73, representing workers across various industries, including janitors, child care workers, and private security officers and doormen.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Perfect Moment products are available globally online and via key retailers such as Mytheresa, Net-a-porter, Harrods, Selfridges, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The five who trekked back to base camp were Nepali porters and guides, Mahato said.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Doorkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorkeeper. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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